Stories

What You're About to Read (And Why You Should) Right now, you're probably reading this between meetings, or whilst pretending to listen to someone drone on about Q4 targets, or perhaps at 23H55 when you've finally closed your laptop but...

Look, we've all seen those morning routines videos. You know the ones: someone wakes up at 4:47 AM looking suspiciously well-rested, drinks lemon water while watching the sunrise, journals their gratitude, does yoga on a pristine white rug with their...

For over a thousand years, pilgrims have made their way across Europe to Santiago de Compostela, each one carrying their own questions, their own burdens, their own hopes. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once observed, "Europe was made by pilgrimages...

Summary:Forget the Hollywood version of transformation—burn your old self, rise like a phoenix, better than ever before etc. etc. etc. Impressive, but not helpful when you’re just trying to survive till Tuesday. When your nervous system is screaming for relief,...

Why Your Retreat Participants Need the Opportunity to Tell Their Truth The Most Powerful Transformative Tool Hiding in Plain Sight So. You're leading a wellness retreat in paradise—pristine meditation halls, organic meals, Instagram-worthy sunrises. Your participants dutifully follow the schedule:...

Most professionals don't see the difference until they've already crossed the line. Last month, a brilliant C-suite executive sat across from me, her usual commanding presence replaced by something I'd seen too many times before. "I thought I was just...

Leaders tell me: "Balance is impossible. If I slow down, I fall behind. If I keep going, I burn out." Jennifer, a Senior Vice President at a tech company, put it perfectly: "Everyone talks about work-life balance like I should...

I hear this constantly from executives: "I sleep, but I never feel restored. It's like my brain is still running flat out even while I'm in bed." Rachel, a Chief Marketing Officer, described it perfectly: "I go to sleep thinking...

Can Joining a Range of Activities, Interests and Community Groups Make You Happier, Healthier and reveal How To Recover From Burnout? Quick Take: Your LinkedIn network might be impressive, but when did you last laugh until your sides hurt with...

Executives often give their best to their work — and their leftovers to their family. I hear this all the time from executives I work with: "By the time I get home, I'm drained. My team gets my best. My...

Summary: If you are an emotionally regulated adult, you don't explode in meetings, implode over spilt coffee, or need wine to "decompress" from Tuesday. Emotionally regulated adults have cracked the code that eludes most hardworking professionals: feeling all the feelings...

Summary: You've meditated your way to enlightenment, manifested abundance until your vision board caught fire, and inner-worked yourself into a therapeutic coma. So why are you still stuck in the same job, the same relationship patterns, and the same bank...

This article highlights a woman's extraordinary professionalism, memory, and poise under intense pressure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300t2DS3VdQ What is going on here? This clip shows the moment Maria João Pires realises that she’s prepared the wrong concerto, and then how she seamlessly switches...

The TL;DR That Might Save Your Life Your self-worth is your life's GPS—and most of us are navigating with a broken compass. We manifest what we think we're worth: we don't attract what we want, we magnetise what we believe...

The Sharp Summary Distraction from stress is like chocolate cake for breakfast – deliciously tempting, occasionally necessary, but hardly a sustainable life strategy. While temporarily dodging life's curveballs might give your nervous system a breather, chronic avoidance turns you into...